Planter.



No. 812,925. 4 PATENTED FEB. 2o, 190e.

W. s. GRAHAM.

PLANTER.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. e, 190s.

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No. 812,925. PATENTED FEB. 20, 1906. W. S GRAHAM.

PLANTER.

APPLICATION HLED Nov. 6. 1905.

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W. S. GRAHAM.

P-LANTER.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. e, 1905.

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APPLICATION FILED NOV. 6, 1905.

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@OCW @MM UNITED STATESFATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM S. GRAHAM, OF CAI\ITON, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO PARLIN & Y ORENDORFF COMPANY, OF CANTON, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

Speccaton of Letters Patent.

PLANTER.

Patented Feb. 20, 1906.

To all whom t may concern.-

Beit known that I, WILLIAM S. GRAHAM, a resident of the city of Canton, county of Fulton, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Planters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has particular reference to cotton-planters or to planters of the lister type adapted to plant either cotton or corn and the principal object is to provide means for raising and lowering the soil-cutting appliances without disarranging the pitch of the soil-cutting appliances and without weakening the draft-hitch as the cutters descend. In some planters of the lister type the plowstandard is vertically shiftable in the frame, so that the soil-cutting appliances may be raised or lowered by translatory vertical motion and without disarranging the pitch thereof but this plan is open to the objection that the resistance increases as the soil-cutting appliances move downward from the bearing of the standard in the frame, making the draft-hitch weaker as thel work becomes heavier-that is to say, the soil-cutting appliances are moved farther from the bearing of the standard in the frame as they enter the soil, and the farther the resistance or work isfrom the connection of the standard with the frame the greater the danger of breaking or straining the standard or the bearings therefor. Another plan which gives a secure draft-hitch is that of swinging the soilcutting appliances up and down with the rear end of the tongue of the planter; but inasmuch as the tongue Swings with the neckyoke bearing for a pivot it is apparent that up-and-down motion of the rear end of the tongue changes the relation of the tongue to the horizontal and that soil-cutting appliances partaking of this swing would be constantly changing their pitch or soil-entering tendency. My idea is to raise and lower the soil-cutting appliances with the rear end of the tongue, to provide a draft-hitch that moves up and down with the soil-cutting appliances, and to neutralize the tongue swing in the draft-beam and the standard by giving the beam and the standard a corresponding swing in a direction opposed to the direction of the swing of the tongue. The draft-beam connects pivotally with the 'tongue in front of the rear end thereof, so as to swing vertilever its horizontal position may be.

cally with relation thereto, and as the tongue swings up and down the draft-beam is swung with relation to the tongue to an. extent and in a direction to cause the standard to maintain a certain relation to the vertical, what- Assuming the proper position of the standard to be precisely vertical, as shown in the drawings, the compensating swing of the draft-beam is such that this position is maintained regardless of depth of penetration of the soil-cutting appliances.

Another object of my invention is to provide means for tilting the various soil-cutting appliances by tilting the frame on its axleshaft so that desirable alinement of the appliances may be obtained and maintained, and other objects wilI appear from the detailed description.

In the drawings forming part of this speciiication, Figure l is a side elevation of an embodiment of my invention, showing the different soil cutting appliances with their points in a horizontal line and in an intermediate position. Fig. 2 is a plan of the planterframe. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of rthe planter, showing the soilcutting appliances raised. Fig. 4 is a plan of a part of the planter frame, illustrating the operation of throwing the seed-dropping mechanism out of operation as the soilcutting appliances are raised to their highest positions. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the planter, showing the soil-cutting appliances lowered to approximately their greatest depth of soil penetration. Fig. 6 is also a side elevation of the planter, showing by comparison with Fig. I how the soil-cutting appliances may be tilted on the axle-shaft to give the desired pitch or alinement to the different appliances.

A pair of wheels l are mounted on the axleshaft 2, one being attached to the shaft so as to give motion thereto. A frame composed of barsV 3 and 6 is sustained from the axleshaft through bearings 49, having the upward-extending brackets 5() and 51. The frame-bars 3 and 6 are connected together at their front ends. The bar 3 is bent across the planter at its rear end and is attached to brackets 5l, and the rear ends of bars 6 diverge from bar 3 to connect with brackets 50. Rails 7 are pivotally connected at S between bars 3 and 6, and they are suitably connected together at their rear ends. Standards 12 are secured to rails 7 near the rear ends thereof, and they are provided at their lower ends with the covering-shovels 13. A cross-shaft 9 is j ournaled in bearings attached to the planter-frame in front of the axle-shaft. A lock-lever lOvis attached to an end of crossshaft 9, and a rack 11 provides means for.

tension constitutes a slightly-longerlift-lever. i A bracket 48 `is secured to the tongue inv front of the rear end thereof. A clevis 15a is pivotally connected at 15 with the bracket 48, and a draft-beam 14 is secured at its front end to the clevis. Brackets 16 are secured to the rear end of the draft-beam. They diverge rearwardly and then extend parallel, and they are grooved in their .rear ends, as shown at 16a. The grooves are shown as slots for convenience in delineation, and they are adapted to receive the pins ,19 of thelever-frame 118. A rack-frame 31 is attached vto the upper surface of the rear end of the tongue. A lock-lever 32 is fulcrumed on the rack-frame and provided with a bent extension 33, and a bar 21 forms a stiff link between .the bent extension of 'lever 32 and the central extension 20 of the lever-frame 18..

Lift arms v22'project forward from the cross-shaft 9 outside frame-bar 3, and they extend beneath the rails 7 of the coveringshovels. The .lift-arms provide means .for ,raising the covering shovels simultaneous with the raising of the furrow-forming appliances.

AA seedbox 34 is connected with the planterframe and is provided with proper seed-,dropping mechanism. The actuating-wheel 23 4for the seed-.dropping mechanism is mounted loosely on the axle-shaft and is provided with ratchet-teeth 24'on its inner face. A iiange 25 `has ratchet-teeth to correspond with the ratchet-teeth 24, and it is `formed on the end. of a sleeve which is splined vonto the axle-g A collar 26 is fixed.on the axle-shaftl shaft. adjacent to an end of the slidable sleeve, and Ia spring27 encircles the sleeve between collar 26 and flange 25. ends forked, one end to embrace shaft 9 and the other to engage the surfaceof flan .e 25, j Alatera camV extension 30 'is formed on -lever 28, and a;

opposed to thegear-wheel 23.

shift-flange 29 is formed on shaft 9 in position to strike the cam 30 and push it :asideV when the planting appliances are raised to? The forward end of the lever 28 acts as a fulcrum, it 'being ,held

their l'highest position.

`end of the standard 17.

A lever 28 has bothi leverframe.

ism, ,and forceapplied .laterally to the lever lthrough flange 29 and cam 30 disconnects the clutch against the tension of spring 27.

A furrow-former 35 is attached to the lower The upper end of the standard ismade in two parallel parts which straddle the tongue 4. The standard is firmly secured .to the draft-beam 14, and a brace 17a addsto the rigidity of the connection. A bracket 36 is pivotally A.connected with the standard at 37 and is ladjustably secured at 38. vThe bracket is slotted vertically, as shown by dottedlines at 39, in order l to provide a connection for thestandard of a subsoiler, and it has Y,the rearward-.extendmg curved vbeam 40, to which the seed-shank 41 and the soil-preparing shovel 4,2 are attached.

A casting 46 is secured ,to the eurvedrear extension o f frame-bar 3, andthe supportingbar 45 for seat 47 is secured to 1the casting 46. vIn this instance the furrow-former 35 is a middle breaker or double -.moldboard plow and the appliance 42 that prepares the s'oil'in the furrow for the reception o'f nthe seed is a shovel but a sweepniay be substituted for the middle 'breaker and a subsoiler .may take the place of the shovel 42 when desired.

'Thedifferent soil-cutting appliances are to Vhave the .usual .adjustment with relation .t0 the frame, so that they may ,be set to meet different requirements, and this :provision is too common and obvious to require special explanation.

A tube 43 telescopes in shank 41,*and its `mouth 44 is 7pvota'lly :attached beneath the discharge of the seedjbox.

In operationfthe main furrow 'is .formed by the middle breaker 35 ora Sweep. The supplemental furrow is formed by the shovel 42, or the seed-.bed isprepared bye Subsoiler, and the seed is covered by shovels 13. As the planter is drawn along the axle-shaft is rotated iby vmotiomderived from a supportingwheel 1 and the seed-,dropping mechanism in box 34 is rotated from `the `axle-shaft through gear-wheel 23. `The different soilcutting appliances are 4set to penetrate the desired depth. The frame is tilted .on the axle-shaft to get desired Aalinement, and the team-hitch is made with ythe draft-beam '14 through clevis 15a. The tongue stays the front part of Ithe frame against sidewise swing, and vit carries thehfront endof thedraftbeam up andfdown as i-t ,rises and falls. The rear end of the tongue -isunder the vcontrol of the central extension20 of ythe lever-frame I18, and the ,rear end of the draft-,beam is ,under the control ofthe side textensions 16 of the The lever that controls the tongue is longer than the lever that lcontrols the draft-beam. vThe levers swing in unison and to the same degree of circularmotion IOO IIO

and so the rear end of the tongue is carried faster and farther with any movement of the lever-frame than is the rear end of the draftbeani. The variance in the motion of the draft-beam with relation to the tongue is sufficient to neutralize the swing of the tongue and hold the standard in a vertical position. (See Figs. l, 3, and 5 of the drawings.)

I/Vhen the soil-cutting appliances get out of proper alinement through raising or lowering the front end of the tongue or through any other disarrangement of proper conditions, the lever 32 may be swung backward or forward and the planter-frame may be tilted on the axle-shaft until the proper alinement is restored. In Fig. 6 the frame is shown tilted lout of proper alinement; but the result of the tilt and the means for effecting the same are shown, and it is obviously but a matter of intelligent manipulation of the lock-lever 32 to get the desired alinement. The adjustment of the frame through locklever 32 may be made by the driver while on his seat and while the planter is moving, and when the proper alinement is obtained it will be maintained throughout the various raised or depressed positions of the soil-cutting appliances, as hereinbefore explained.

I claim- 1. In a planter the combination with the frame and carrying-wheels, of a tongue, a draft-beam pivotally connected with the tongue at its forward end, a furrow-former secured to the rear end of the draft-beam, means for raising and lowering the rear end of the tongue at a certain speed and to a certain extent, and means for simultaneously raisingvand lowering the rear end of the draftbeam at a slower speed and to a less extent.

2. In a planter, the combination with the frame and carrying-wheels, of a tongue, a draft-beam pivotally connected to the tongue at its forward end, a standard stiffly secured to the draft-beam, a furrow-former on the standard, a lever to raise and lower the rear end of the tongue to a certain extent, and a shorter lever for simultaneously raising and lowering the rear end of the draft-beam to a less extent.

3. In a planter the combination with the frame and carrying-wheels, of a tongue, a draft-beam pivotally connected at its front end to the under side of the tongue, a standard stiffly attached to the draft-beam, a teamhitch at the forward end of the draft-beam, a furrow-former secured on the standard, a lever to move the rear end of the tongue to a certain extent and a shorter lever for simultaneously moving the rear end of the draftbeam to a less extent.

4. In a planter, the combination with the frame and the carrying-wheels, of a tongue, a draft-beam pivotally connected at its front end to the under side of the tongue in front of the rear end thereof, a standard stiffly attached to the draft-beam, a furrow-former secured to the draft-beam, a team-hitch at the front end of the draft-beam and a lever having a longer extension connected with the rear end of the tongue and a shorter extension connected with the rear end of the draftbeam.

5. In a planter, the combination of an axleshaft, carrying-wheels on the axle-shaft, a tongue, a draft-beam pivotallyconnected at its front end to the under side of the tongue in front of the rear end thereof, a frame carried on the axle-shaft and pivotally connected with the draft-beam near the front end thereof, a cross-shaft j ournaled in the frame, a lock-lever for the cross-shaft, a shorter lever extension on the cross-shaft engaging the rear end of the draft-beam, a longer lever extension on the cross-shaft engaging the rear end of the tongue and a furrow-former attached to the draft-beam.

6. In a planter, the combination of an axleshaft, carrying-wheels on the axle-shaft, a tongue, a draft-beam forked at its rear end and pivotally connected at its front end to the under side of the tongue in front of the rear end thereof, a frame carried on the axle-shaft and pivotally connected with the draft-beam near the front end thereof, a cross-shaft journaled in the frame, a lock-lever for the crossshaft, a lever-frame on the cross-shaft having side extensions engaging the forked end of the draft-beam and a longer central extension connected with the rear end of the tongue, and a furrow-former attached to the draftbeam.

7. In a planter, the combination of an axleshaft, carrying-wheels on the axle-shaft, a tongue, a draft-beam pivotally connected at its front end to the under side of the tongue in front of the rear end thereof, a frame carried on the axle-shaft and pivotally connected with the draft-beam near the front end thereof, diverging arms forming rearward extensions of the draft-beam, said arms having longitudinal grooves, a cross-shaft journaled in the frame, a lock-lever for the cross-shaft, a lever-frame on the cross-shaft having side extensions that engage the grooves of the arms of the draft-beam and a longer central extension, a stiff link pivotally connecting the central extension of the lever-frame with the rear end of the tongue and a furrow-former attached to the draft-beam.

8. In a planter, the combination with the frame, the axle-shaft and the carrying-wheels, of a draft-beam pivotally connected near its front end to the front end of the frame, a tongue pivotally connected to the front end of the draft-beam and extended rearward beyond such connection, a cross-shaft in the frame, a lever extension on the cross-shaft engaging the rear end of the draft-beam, alonger lever extension on the cross-shaft engaging the tongue, arms on the cross-shaft, and rails IOO IOS

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l `on the armsvof the cross-shaft.

9. 2In a planter theoonlbnaton of an axleshaft, carryllng-Wheels on .the axle-shaft, 4a tongue, a draft-beam pvotallyeonneetedat its front end to the under side of the tonguein Jfront of the rear end thereof,.\a frame carried on the aXle-shaft and pvotally eonneoted'wth the draft-beam near v.the front end Lthereof, .la cross-shaft journaledin the frame, alock-.lever for the cross-shaft, a shorterfleverextension on the Gross-shaft :engaging the rear end of the draft-beam, a Ilonger leverlextenson on the cross-shaft, a loek-leverlmountedon the rear end of rthetongue, a stillfflnkfpvotally connecting thelookelever onthe tongue With the longer lever extension of the cross-shaft, and a furrow-former secured @to the draftbeam.

10. In a planter, ythe eombinatonawth the oarryng-Wheels, the axle-shaft, the rarne,:the tongue, the draft-beam 1pvotally .connected With the tongue, .the furrow-:former secured -to the draft-beam, the drQp-.actuatingdrve- Wheel and the clutch connecting fthe dropping-Wheel with theaXle-shaft; of the crossshaft, the look-lever for `the cross-shaft, the lever extension on the cross-shaft connecting With the draft-beam, lthe longer lever eXtension-on the cross-shaft eolmecti'ng Vwith the tongue ,.thefclutch-shifting lever having a fulierunnon the cross-shaft, axeamextenson on the oluteh-shifting lever and a flange'on the .cross-shaft adapted to'foree the cam sdewse asfthe cross-shaft s rocked to 4raise the furtllelever extension of the oross-shalf'tfoonnect- ,ing with the draft-bearmthelonger extension lconnecting with the tongue, the arms on the cross-shaft extending under the rails lfor the covering-shovels, the oluteh-shftng lever Ihaving a fulcrum on the cross-sl1aft, a earn extensonon the clutch-shifting lever and a ilange on the cross-shaft adapted to engage theeam.

In testimony whereof I sign my :name in lthe presence of tWo subscribing Witnesses.

WILLIAM S. GRAHAM. Witnesses:

FRED L. DEWEY, CURTIS L. HARBOLT. 

